{"id":2284,"date":"2011-05-25T13:34:50","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T12:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/?p=2284"},"modified":"2011-05-25T13:34:50","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T12:34:50","slug":"val-rises-in-glory-from-vaporous-pond-of-fumy-liquids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poorlittlerichgays.com\/?p=2284","title":{"rendered":"Val Rises in Glory from Vaporous Pond of Fumy Liquids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday 25th<\/sup> May 2011<\/p>\n

Val, one of our most precarious yet spectacular Poor Little Rich Gays, set out on an Easter jaunt to Glasgow, not entirely upright, in fact likely to lurch at any moment, got half way down the street, realised he\u2019d left his glasses behind, returned to his flat, sat down in a chair and didn\u2019t get up again, except to refill, for two weeks.<\/p>\n

But now he\u2019s back. He was at Die Walk\u00fcre, <\/em>cast live to the Chelsea cinema from the Met the other day (I haven\u2019t forgotten about my great mediation on Wotan and new configurations of relationships etc. It\u2019s all coming together for me as it always does \u2013 Wotan, the Injunction scandal, some fascist who\u2019s written a book claiming marrieds are happier).<\/p>\n

Well, Deborah Voight, as Br\u00fcnnhilde, was revealed in a bright red wig. \u2018Typical older actress\u2019s wig,\u2019 Val flashed, \u2018giving warmth, height and movement. In other words, Bar-mitzvah red.\u2019<\/p>\n

At half-time he produced self-made wiches or sandwiches. I mean, self-made bread: \u2018Normally I do a free form loaf. But for wiches you need shape.\u2019 His loaf shape, as shown in slices, was professional standard.<\/p>\n

Then last Tuesday he took Frogmore with me and Aunt Lavinia. It\u2019s a rarely open Royal residence (except no-one lives there) at Windsor. Royston King, Chair of something huge, graphed recently with Camilla Cornwall, told me about this very, very rare, barely advertised opening. So we had to go. The garden perfectly nice but without atmosphere. Best bit was the Royal graves: Wallis Windsor is buried before the Mausoleum containing Queen Victoria. That wasn\u2019t open. But all that Lanvin, Cartier and Mainbocher now purified to a plain slab. No more frockage worries for her. Peace at last.<\/p>\n

Graves never fail me, I find.<\/p>\n

The house was more interesting, inside. Queen Charlotte, consort of George III, had acquired it for the Royal family as a Wendy House. In other words, just go there in the day-time and paint flowers on the walls. Queen Charlotte: Val nearly knocked Aunt Lavinia and me down with his declaration: \u2018One of her grandparents was the off-spring of a manumitted slave and a papal bastard.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"The

The Graves of Wallis Windsor and Edward Windsor at Frogmore: Still in the Corner, Even in Death<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Mausoleum

Mausoleum at Frogmore Contains Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.Foreign-Looking. Lesser Royal Graves Before. <\/p><\/div>\n

\"Rarely

Rarely Seen Frogmore House, Windsor. Royal Wendy House <\/p><\/div>\n

\"Indian

Indian Item at Frogmore, Windsor, of Limited Use<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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